Scouting's Bottom Line

 
What happens to a Scout? For every 100 boys who join Scouting,
records indicate that:
 
- RARELY will one be brought before the juvenile court system
 
- 2 will become Eagle Scouts
 
- 17 will become future Scout volunteers
 
- 12 will have their first contact with a church
 
- 1 will enter the clergy
 
- 5 will earn their church award
 
- 18 will develop a hobby that will last through their adult 
  life
 
- 8 will enter a vocation that was learned through the merit 
  badge system
 
- 1 will use his Scouting skills to save his own life
 
- 1 will use his Scouting skills to save the life of another 
  person
 
Scouting's alumni record is equally impressive. A recent nation-
wide survey of high schools revealed the following information:
 
- 85% of student council presidents were Scouts
- 89% of senior class presidents were Scouts
- 80% of junior class presidents were Scouts
- 75% of school publication editors were Scouts
- 71% of football captains were Scouts
 
Scouts also account for:
 
- 64% of Air Force Academy graduates
- 68% of West Point graduates
- 70% of Annapolis graduates
- 72% of Rhodes Scholars
- 85% of F.B.I. agents
- 26 of the first 29 astronauts

Note: Since this was written the percentage of Eagle Scouts has climbed to nearly 4%. 

The Eagle Scout Service in 1997 announced that the figure was 3.89%.